Wednesday, August 25, 2004

Last night I was surfing the web and decided to sign up to BBC Sportdaq.

I started off by buying 100 shares in Michael Schumacher because he is the best driver in Formula 1, 100 shares in Andrew Flintoff because he is an all rounder and good at both batting and bowling so as an England international will have a good game with the bat or ball, 100 shares in Michael Vaughan because he is the England cricket team captain and as they have had a good summer hopefully they will do well in the tournament which starts soon and will do well on the tour to South Africa, 100 shares in Kelly Holmes because she had a great race the night she won the gold medal and so will probably also well in the final later this week (hopefully win another gold) and 100 shares in Amir Khan because he looks like a good boxer and can will be winning a medal at the Olympics.This evening I have bought 100 shares in Alex Ferguson, 100 shares in Jose Mourinho and 100 shares in Arsene Wenger.

What I have now decided is that I will sell the shares I have in all the people I currently have shares in except Alex Ferguson, Jose Mourinho and Arsene Wenger because the Premiership race this season will be between the clubs managed by these three managers so they should bring me good returns over the season.I will hold on to the shares I have in Michael Schumacher because he looks unbeatable this season.I will sell the remainder of the shares I have as soon as they have made me a little profit. At present only the shares I have bought in Amir Khan will make me a profit but with these I will hold until he we actually know where he will finish in the Olympics.

Thursday, August 19, 2004

Morning of lack of success

Yes so I could not sleep much last night. I spent most night expecting my worse nightmare to come true, which would have been getting results, which were below what Aston University and University of Wolverhampton wanted.

With Aston University my firm acceptance asking for 280 at GCE A-Level in 3 subjects (BBC) and University of Wolverhampton asking for a minimum of 160 UCAS tariff points, 140 from 6 or 12 unit awards (DDE) I was sure I would not meet Aston University requirements but was hoping that they would accept a lower offer because of my personal statement and reference.

So this morning I woke up at six more nervous then I had ever been. I am certain I was not this nervous on morning I got my GCSE results however that was five years ago so I cant really remember.

I made it to college at 9:25 so the rush had died down by the time I got there. This meant I went straight to the person handing out the results for anyone with a surname starting with T-Z.

My results read:
Economics D
History C
Law D
200 points

With these results I knew it would be difficult for Aston University to accept me but hey I still called and was told exactly what I knew I would “I am sorry Adam but this time we will have to reject you”. So there came an end to my time as WMANUS Network Officer and the idea of studying in the city where I was born and raised.
I then called University of Wolverhampton to check that they were all right with the grades I had and they have accepted me to study Politics and Social Policy.

I am disappointed that I will not be studying at Aston University because I liked the campus, I liked the fact that the university is close to home so I would not have to spend too much time travelling to and from university, I liked the union and I would be able to continue in my role as WMANUS Network Officer.

However I am not too upset that I will be going to University of Wolverhampton. The course I will studying at Wolverhampton is more my thing then what I would have studied at Aston University and I will be studying at a university which is not in Birmingham so I will have more reading time to and from University.

Congratulations to all those students who achieved fantastic results especially Jade Farrington and Mark Ramsden who both got three As.

P.s. Thanks to Colin Ross for the message, which said, “Well done on wolves follows a good line me lib dems. Aston dont know what they are missing. Hope you are not too upset. Colin”

I know I am writing this very early (01:00) on Thursday morning but by the you are reading this I am probably either at College trying to get my results or begging Aston University or University of Wolverhampton to let me in although I have not achieved the results they want me to.

If you don’t hear from me soon or the blog is not updated soon then you can take it that I am resting in peace in heaven.

EDIT:Oops: just realised the above was supposed to read “If you don’t hear from me soon or the blog is not updated soon then you can take it that I am burning in hell”.

When I buy books I prefer to buy paperbacks to hardbacks because:
1) They are lighter and so easy to carry in backpacks, rucksacks etc.
2) They take up less space on your bookshelf
3) Easy to read on Buses, Trains, Planes etc

However when I got to WHSmith I was surprised to find that they had all sorts of Biographies by all sorts of people. These included My Life (Bill Clinton), From Here to Maternity: One Mother of a Journey (Mel Giedroyc), Ricky (Ricky Tomlinson), Gazza: My Story (Paul Gascoigne) and Being Jordan (Katie Price). With no disrespect to Bill Clinton, Mel Giedroyc, Ricky Tomlinson, Paul Gascoigne and Katie Price (Jordan) which one of them has really lived life which is more interesting then Mahatma Gandhi or Martin Luther King or which one of them apart from Bill Clinton has really achieved more then Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Betty Boothroyd, Mo Mowlam or Gerry Adams.

It really pissed me off that I saw all these books by so called celebrities who no one will care about in the next few months or years where as the biographies or autobiographies of people who have changed the world for years to come were not to be seen.

I went into the WMANUS offices at Aston University yesterday so that Sarah the WMANUS Area Convenor (Campaigns & Communications) could give me some information about the constituent members with whom I will be keeping in regular contact. If you happen to be a member of the executive at Aston Students’ Guild, Fircroft College Students’ Union, Henley College Students’ Union, Josiah Mason VI form college Students’ Union, Matthew Boulton College Students’ Union, Solihull College Students’ Union, Sutton Coldfield College Students’ Union or Walsall College of Technology Students’ Union I will be in touch soon. While I was there Sarah who was previously a Vice-President at Aston Students’ Guild gave me a quick tour of the place which involved meeting a few of the executive officers.

I discussed the possibility of WMANUS coming together with other organisations such as The Citizenship Foundation to organise an event similar to Westminster Day, which could tie into our registering to vote campaign.
Sarah has also asked me to look into companies who could possible be interested in advertising in our Newsletter ‘Collective’. So I picked some old copies of Student Friendly to use as a starting point. If I have sometime next week I will pop into the office again to see if there is anything else I can get on with.

WMANUS Executive JournalsSarah Griffiths WMANUS Convenor (Campaigns & Communications) has started a Journal which allows everyone to see what she is getting up to in her role as the Covenor.
As the executive we hope that constituent members will read the journal and hold the exec to account at our Conferences.

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